Friday, March 27, 2015

Documenting Palestinian war crimes during Operation protective edge

According to an Israeli investigation, during Operation Protective Edge, Hamas
and other Palestinian terrorist organisations violated the Law of armed conflicts, in Gaza by intentionally and systematically
employing military strategies designed to maximize harm to civilian life and property, both in
Israel and in Gaza.

1. Hamas and other Terrorist Organisations in Gaza
Committed War Crimes and Crimes Against
Humanity By Deliberately Attacking Israeli
Civilians

2. Hamas and Other Terrorist Organisations in Gaza
Embedded their Military Activities amongst the Civilian
Population and Exploited Hospitals, U.N. Facilities,
Schools, Mosques, and Homes for Military Operations

3. Hamas and other Terrorist Organisations in Gaza
Directed the Movement of Civilians in Order to
Shield Military Assets and Operations

Throughout the 2014 Gaza Conflict, Hamas and other terrorist organisations in Gaza
made systematic use of blatantly unlawful military strategies that were designed to heighten
civilian suffering both in Israel and in Gaza. Hamas and other terrorist organisations in Gaza
intentionally attacked and terrorised Israeli civilians by way of rocket and mortar fire,
causing civilian deaths, injuries, lasting psychological trauma, and civilian property damage.For the first time, Hamas extended its assaults against civilians to an additional battlefront,
this one subterranean, sending militants through cross-border tunnels to attack residents of
Israeli border towns. By deliberately targeting Israeli civilians and the civilian population in
these ways, as part of a widespread and systematic policy, Hamas and other terrorist
organisations in Gaza violated customary norms of the Law of Armed Conflict and
committed war crimes and crimes against humanity.